People QuickFacts	Marlboro County	South Carolina
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	28,145	4,723,723
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	28,933	4,625,364
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-2.7%	2.1%
 	Population, 2010    	28,933	4,625,364
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.7%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.2%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.6%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	47.1%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	42.5%	68.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	51.1%	28.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	4.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.7%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	3.0%	5.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	40.3%	64.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.8%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.6%	4.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.5%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	68.0%	83.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	8.8%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,998	399,403
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.5	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	12,089	2,157,033
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.5%	69.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.1%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$58,800	$137,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,830	1,758,732
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.60	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$14,275	$23,854
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$28,511	$44,587
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	28.9%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Marlboro County	South Carolina
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	359	102,045
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	4,948	1,502,853
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-22.1	-6.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	932	295,574 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	877	360,397
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	12.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	15.8%	27.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	989,848	93,977,455
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	40,498,047
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	158,984	54,298,410
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$5,499	$12,273
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	13,417	8,383,463
 	Building permits, 2011     	11	15,542

   	Geography QuickFacts	Marlboro County	South Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	479.67	30,060.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	60.3	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	069	45
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Bennettsville, SC Micro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts